my new 14 ft lund project any ideas

The outboard RUNS!!!!!! AND the boat is half way sanded

 

For what you're doing, a good, running motor is 80% of what's needed for boating.

You really don't need to fart around building a "cooler seat" or anything else, just fill a cooler full of something, throw it in the boat and go.

When you're done for the day, flush the motor real good with fresh water and then spray WD-40 all over everything under the motor cover, there isn't anything there that will be hurt by drenching it in WD-40. A can is good for 3 or 4 sprayings or so.

If anything at all is to be done to the boat, the first thing I would put any 'remodeling' effort into would be to install a lightweight, removable slat type floor so you're not trying to clamber around in exposed ribs and a sloping bottom.

 

I thought I would like to put in floorboards too when we first got out skiff. The newer boats (the same kind) have floorboards.

The rubbery finish gives lots of traction and I like the extra leg room while seated and the extra depth while standing. Our Crestliner has more deadrise and hence more slant to the bottom and I'll still keep it the way it is.

In this pic we were out on a three day trip in Alaska and had lots of stuff … 24 gallons of fuel as I recall. Seemed to be enough room.

Would like to put in helm steering though.

 

I had one of these, a 1956 15' Crestliner.



The helm steering is the way to go, much more comfortable than sittings sideways in the back, looking over your shoulder. That's why I don't like small sailboats, sitting sideways on a bench seat looking forward is a literal pain in the neck. The helm seat gets you away from the engine noise and balances the boat weight better also.

The front covered deck on this model was kind of a nuisance. It was too flimsy to seriously walk on and since most times I was landing on a bank or something, it made disembarking clumsy.

The slat floor I had was only 18" wide or so and seemed to be real handy, especially in the steering area, although I never tried the boat without them.

 

Sanding is done going to start preping the rivets and seems for paint by next weekend or so will post pics here soon

 

Where I'm at so far